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spirit flute

The flute consists of a long pipe made of bamboo with holes in it. One end is wrapped in rattan. The pipe is also wrapped with red fabric in two places.

Data Provider
Übersee-Museum Bremen

Cataloguing data

Object type
flutes (aerophones)
Dimensions
General: 5.5 × 121 cm
Material/Technique
Bamboo; Rotang; Textile fabric drilled; braided
Current location
Übersee-Museum Bremen
Inventory number
D12610
Other number(s)
http://coll.uebersee-museum.de/v/D12610

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    1800-1913
    where
    Papua New Guinea
  • Change of physical control
    when
    not documented
    who
    Arnold Fabricius - Former Possessors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Ethnographic collections

Information about the record

Legal status metadata
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED
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